On 26 May, the Evidence and Policy group convened DEGRP’s finance researchers, academics and representatives from DFID, IFC, UN’s Economic Commission for Africa, and other organisations working in the sector such as FSD Africa, FSD Kenya, Gatsby Africa, African Economic Research Consortium, and Prudential to discuss the implications of Covid-19 on Africa’s financial sector.

The discussion was chaired by Dirk Willem te Velde (EPG’s Innovation Technical lead) and featured contributions from DEGRP researchers Panicos Demetriades (Leicester University), Stephany Griffith-Jones (Columbia University), Thorsten Beck (Cass Business School), Victor Murinde (SOAS University of London), Peter Knaack (University of Oxford), and Judith Tyson (ODI/EPG’s Finance lead) to kick-start the conversation. You can watch the full meeting recording here.

Event resources

• Dirk Willem te Velde produced a note outlining his top 10 takeaways from the discussion
• Thorsten Beck also produced a summary of the roundtable, published on his website